Anesthesia physician resources - Time to change the focus;Les ressources médicales en anesthésie - Il est temps d'ajuster l'objectif

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Donen, Neil ^a   Hardy, Jean François ^b  

^a ROYAL JUBILEE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; BURNOUT; CANADA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 14944347903     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018572     Document Type: Editorial

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